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Updates on current disease outbreaks are listed here as they occur and will include the date listed, disease name, location and current status. Specific premises will not be named but the general location by town, county and state will be listed. When locations, events or horses are at risk they will be listed. Updates will be posted as they are received.



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Volusia County, FL
Alert ID: 51
June 24, 2015
A new premise in Volusia County, Florida that was confirmed with strangles. Currently one horse had a scabbed over ruptured abscess, one additional mare had nasal discharge but the other horses appeared health. There are 35 horses on the property. The symptoms started on June 12th but a veterinarian was not called to the farm until June 19th. Currently the entire training facility is under quarantine. This is the first confirmed case in Volusia County and the 17 incident for the state since the beginning of the year.